Best Buy Decides to Think Small
In a Bid to Continue Expansion

Best Buy Inc. is best known for its big-box stores in big cities. But to keep up its rip-roaring growth, the electronics chain is increasingly thinking small.

In Wichita Falls, Texas, a city of just over 100,000, the fast-growing retailer opened a slimmed-down store last July, choosing a location across from the main regional mall, near restaurants and a movie theater. Later this year, it will open similar-size stores in places such as Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Kokomo, Ind. and Newington, Conn.